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Thousands of people took part yesterday in a series of world record attempts.

The feats included a bid for the largest simultaneous kiss – made, of course, in Paris, where 3,000 couples puckered up.

‘I read that there would be 12,000 people here, but if we have just 12 people then that is already good. It’s not so serious, it’s more about taking part,’ said one participant in the mass kiss (see the video below – that’s what he’s saying, in French.)

In Toronto, 2,000 Canadians joined the attempt at the longest can-can line, while London’s Trafalgar Square fountain was the venue for a synchronised swimming record attempt.

Britons Kathryn Pounder, 26, and 18-year-old Rebecca McEnri, of Portsmouth, broke the record for completing the most ballet leg switches in a minute. Miss Pounder said: ‘We managed 71 switches in a minute.

We are over the moon to have beaten the record. Records were also attempted in Mexico, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand, the US, Singapore, Sweden and Norway.